{"id":377481,"date":"2026-06-27T19:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377481\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T19:21:49","slug":"ufc-returns-to-sacramento-with-anthony-hernandez-as-headliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377481\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC returns to Sacramento with Anthony Hernandez as headliner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated June 27, 2026, 2:12 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

The UFC will return to Sacramento for the first time in seven years.<\/p>\n

Anthony Hernandez<\/a> takes on Gregory Rodrigues in the Aug. 22 main event, which takes place at Golden 1 Center. A person with knowledge of the event informed MMA Junkie of the news, and the UFC made an official announcement during Saturday’s UFC Fight Nighit 280 broadcast. Sean Cunningham<\/a> was first to report the news.<\/p>\n

Hernandez (15-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) saw his winning streak snapped at the hands of current middleweight champion Sean Strickland at UFC Fight Night 267<\/a> in February. Prior to that, the 32-year-old was on an eight-fight winning streak \u2013 including wins over Brendan Allen and Roman Dolidze.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Rodrigues (19-6 MMA, 10-3 UFC) comes into the bout having won six of his past seven fights, most recently a Performance of the Night knockout of Brunno Ferreira at UFC 326<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n

The UFC hasn’t hosted an event in Sacramento since Germaine de Randamie knocked out Aspen Ladd<\/a> in just 16 seconds at UFC on ESPN+ 13 in July 2019. In the co-main event, Sacramento’s own Urijah Faber scored an upset knockout of Ricky Simon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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